CLASS Act Not a “Done Deal” in Senate Health Reform Proposal

ANCOR staff has been meeting with key Senate offices all this week to ensure the inclusion of the CLASS Act in the Senate health reform bill. Although the House bill includes the CLASS Act provisions, key Senators have been reluctant to include the CLASS Act as part of the merged Senate Finance and HELP committee bill.If you have not reached out to your Senators yet to support ANCOR’s efforts to get these provisions in the merged Senate bill, it’s not too late. Use ANCOR’s Action Alert to get word to your Senators that the CLASS Act must be in the final Senate bill.

Remember, the CLASS Act would 1) provide a new private source of funding for ANCOR providers of long term supports and services; 2) reduce federal deficit by 74 billion over 10 years; and 3) produce a savings to Medicaid of nearly 2 billion in first five years of implementation.